Dr. Pooja Dhingra is a women’s wellness coach, entrepreneur, life coach, author, and founder of Leaf & Lore. Her work brings together wellness, conscious living, and women’s empowerment. Through her business and personal platform, she aims to create spaces where women feel seen, heard, and supported.
Her professional journey has moved through healthcare, public health, nutrition, coaching, writing, and entrepreneurship. Although these fields may seem different, they share one common thread: her desire to understand people beyond what is visible on the surface. She believes wellness begins with small, everyday choices that help people care for themselves and build lives that feel true to who they are.
From Healthcare to Wellness Coaching
Dr. Dhingra began her professional journey in healthcare. She trained as a dental surgeon and later pursued a Master’s in Public Health. These experiences helped her understand that health is about more than medical care. Daily habits, behaviour, emotions, and our surroundings also shape our wellbeing.
Over time, she became more interested in nutrition and emotional health. She also began exploring the relationship women have with their bodies and their sense of self.
Through her interactions with women, she noticed that wellness conversations often focus on weight, appearance, and discipline. The emotional and psychological challenges women face can receive far less attention.
She wanted to help change that conversation.
Her own experiences of facing uncertainty, rebuilding, and finding her identity again have also shaped her outlook. They have taught her the value of resilience and the courage it takes to begin again. These lessons continue to influence her work as a coach and entrepreneur.
Leaf & Lore: Making Wellness Part of Everyday Life
Dr. Dhingra is building Leaf & Lore — Rituals for Everyday Living, a conscious lifestyle brand focused on bringing wellness into daily routines.
Its offerings include botanical teas, nourishing foods, skincare, books, and thoughtfully curated gifts. Each product reflects a simple idea: small rituals can help people slow down, reconnect, and care for themselves.
For Dr. Dhingra, wellness does not require a perfect routine or a complete lifestyle change. It can begin with small actions, such as taking time for a cup of tea, choosing nourishing food, or making space for self-care.
She sees Leaf & Lore as more than a product-based business. Her vision is to build a brand that grows into a community and, over time, a wider ecosystem centred on conscious living.
The goal is to make self-care feel practical and meaningful, rather than another task to complete.
SeriouslyPujaa: Creating Space for Women’s Stories
Alongside Leaf & Lore, Dr. Dhingra continues to build her personal platform, SeriouslyPujaa.
The platform explores topics such as women’s wellness, relationships, identity, self-worth, and the courage to start over. These conversations reflect her interest in the experiences that shape women’s lives and influence how they see themselves.
Through this work, she hopes to create space for honest conversations. She believes women should be able to reflect on their experiences, understand themselves better, and feel supported as they navigate change.
Her approach connects wellness with emotional awareness. It also recognises that personal growth often begins with understanding what we feel, what we need, and what we want from life.
Supporting Women Entrepreneurs
Creating opportunities for women entrepreneurs is another important part of Dr. Dhingra’s vision.
She believes women can build stronger businesses when they support one another. Rather than seeing one another only as competitors, women can become collaborators, customers, mentors, manufacturers, and allies.
This approach places community and shared growth alongside business success. It also creates opportunities for women to learn from one another and build lasting professional relationships.
Dr. Dhingra wants her ventures to be commercially meaningful while remaining connected to the values she believes in. For her, entrepreneurship is not about having every answer before starting. It is about taking the first step, learning along the way, and having the courage to keep growing.
Her journey reflects a willingness to evolve and explore new ways to turn personal values into practical work.
A Long-Term Vision for Women’s Independence
A deeply personal part of Dr. Dhingra’s long-term vision is to support women who have survived domestic abuse or other difficult circumstances.
She hopes to create opportunities that help these women rebuild their lives with dignity and gain economic independence.
For her, earning a livelihood means much more than having money. It can bring choice, confidence, freedom, and self-respect. It can also help women make decisions about their futures and build lives on their own terms.
This ambition gives a wider purpose to her entrepreneurial journey. She wants to build something meaningful for herself while creating possibilities for women who are ready to begin a new chapter.
Her vision connects business with the idea that financial independence can help women regain control over their lives and pursue new opportunities.
Building a Future Around Wellness and Purpose
Dr. Pooja Dhingra’s journey brings together healthcare, coaching, conscious living, and entrepreneurship. Through Leaf & Lore and SeriouslyPujaa, she is working to make wellness part of everyday life while encouraging more open conversations about women’s experiences.
Her approach is rooted in a simple belief: caring for ourselves begins with small choices, and meaningful change often starts with the courage to begin again.
As she continues to build her ventures, her ambitions extend beyond business growth. She hopes to create a community that values wellbeing, collaboration, and women’s independence.
For Dr. Dhingra, the larger goal is to build something that reflects her values while opening doors for others. It is a vision that brings together personal growth, purposeful entrepreneurship, and the belief that women deserve the opportunity to shape their own futures.
